Part 2 the faceless man chapter 85 together again
Lying on the floor of the living room, Forsyth eyelashes fluttered a few times, eyes slowly opened, and saw the bright moon hanging high outside the window, like a disc full of red light, the previous day’s thin and hazy scarlet veil, but all turned into a rich blood light.
I’m not dead, not out of control …… just now is not dreaming …… there really is a mysterious and powerful “Fool” Mr. saved me…. …Forsyth rolled over and sat up, examined himself, and found that except for his hair, which had grown longer and denser, the rest of his body did not have any other abnormalities.
”But compared to before, my life has been completely different …… also do not know this is good, is bad ……” silent self-talk, Foerth just like that sitting on the ground with his knees, stupefied out of mind, sometimes uncertain, sometimes confused. At times uncertain, at times apprehensive, at times heartbroken, at times bewildered.
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Above the gray mist, Klein looked at the chair behind him, symbolized by the “stacked door”, and whispered thoughtfully:
”I don’t know what kind of information that murmur actually contains ……”
”When she has Sequence 7, or Sequence 6, she should be able to counteract the negative effects and hear the content of the ravings clearly.”
”If she hasn’t mastered the ‘Playing Law’ yet, let Miss ‘Justice’ and the others help me teach her, I swore to the Goddess with the holy relics as my credentials that I can’t speak in front of someone who doesn’t know the ‘Playing Law ‘ before those who do not.”
”…… When I advance to Sequence 5 and become a ‘Master of Secret Puppets’, I may be able to manipulate her remotely with the help of the appropriate rituals and the specialness of this mysterious space, to directly see the scenes she sees and hear the voices she hears. ”
”That would confirm if it’s Mr. ‘Gate’ or not ……”
”This is a gentleman who has witnessed the history of the Quaternary Era, and is most likely older than Mr. Aztec who has lived generation after generation.”
”I also wonder how many Sequences his strength and level is equivalent to, 2? or even 1?”
After considering this for a while, he felt the unsteadiness of his spirituality and busied himself with falling into the gray mist and returning to the real world.
This was a normal phenomenon not long after being promoted, so Klein gave up his intention to go out and patiently did meditation at home to collect the scattered spirituality.
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In the early morning hours, Voorhees took that earliest steam subway and returned to the St. George district, then transferred to a public carriage and arrived at the two-bedroom room where she and Hugh were currently staying.
Having just opened the door and entered, she was dismayed to find Hugh, who would usually sleep late, there toasting slices of bread.
”The sudden blood moon last night kept me up a bit, and I woke up early, Forsyth, are you all right? Has that strange murmuring gotten any stronger?” Hugh raised his head and asked with concern.
Foerth’s vision suddenly blurred, and she twisted her head to look to the side, squeezing out a smile, and said in the usual tone of striking the other:
”Where’s your brain? Didn’t I tell you? The ravings definitely get stronger during the Blood Moon!”
”But it doesn’t have any effect on me, well, it doesn’t have any effect, look at me, how refreshed I am now!”
”Eh, bake me a slice of bread too!”
”Don’t you not love this kind of food?” Hugh straightened his short blonde hair and cooed in a small voice.
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Completing his initial revenge and earning a promotion, Klein slept in until dawn and leisurely went out to buy a Fennebot noodle for breakfast with a dixie pie and a cup of sweet iced tea on the side.
Satisfied with his meal, he put down his knife and fork, picked up the newspaper, and began to read in a very relaxed mood.
With a quick glance, he noticed that the front page of the Tasok Gazette read:
”On the Night of the Blood Moon, the Murderer Reappears!”
Again? Klein was busy flipping through the front pages of other newspapers and saw a number of similar headlines:
”The Real 11th Case! Police at their wits’ end!”
”Cold-blooded killer provokes police again!”
”Panic is permeating Birkeland!”
This …… night watchmen and vicarious punishers must be having a headache, right? Klein heartily lamented in his heart.
Honestly speaking, he had the urge to catch out that murderer.
When he was on Earth, without powers, from time to time, he would fantasize about the scene where he presided over justice and punished evil, and now, as a Sequence 7 Extraordinary, Klein felt that he was simply sorry for the past if he didn’t become a superhero.
Hey, unfortunately, this case has already received a high degree of attention, and if I get involved again, am I not waiting to expose my identity? Do people still need to be sensible …… And, according to the “sun” students, the murderer is likely to be in the sequence 6 to sequence 5 stage, obtained so many spells and spell-like abilities, although I will not be afraid of him, but I may not be able to catch him, the risk is higher! After …… thinking about it, Klein still chose to follow the strongest idea in his heart and be an ordinary citizen.
He believed that with the strength of the several churches, the murderer’s chances of being caught if he continued to commit crimes were not small!
After flipping through the relevant news, Klein glanced at the Bakerland Morning News again and found that the advertisement for the acquisition of goods by the Ernst Merchant’s Firm had once again appeared on the fifth page.
”There’s a party tomorrow night at eight o’clock, just in time, so I can sell the Elven Fountain’s medullary crystals to the Apothecary ……” Klein muttered as he memorized the first four numbers of all the offers.
After most of an hour, he finished reading the thick stack of newspapers in front of him and seriously thought about his future plans:
”The long-term plan is to advance to the High Sequence, become a half-god, half-human powerhouse, and plot revenge against Ince Zangwill.”
”The medium-term plan is to find a way to play the role of a ‘magician’, gradually summarize the corresponding code, and digest the magic potion little by little. In this process, collect the human skin Phantom traits needed for ‘Faceless Man’, Deep Sea Naga hair, Thousand Faces Hunter brain mutation pituitary gland and blood, and how to remove the Evil God’s spiritual contamination within the item.”
”Well …… Sequence 6 level extraordinary materials are around 1500 pounds each, that’s expensive!”
”In addition, obtaining a magical item that favors attack or control, although the ‘Magician’ is very strong, the extraordinary ability focuses more on staying alive, escaping, and adapting to the environment, and the strongest attack is equivalent to a special revolver, it just beats surprise, and it also lacks the means to control the enemy. ”
”Short-term plan, short-term plan …… Heh, wait have to go to cut paper and cut ‘people’, ready for the ability to play, in the afternoon to go to the circus, both as a relaxation and entertainment, but also through the observation of ordinary magician performance to find playing inspiration, hmm, I read in the papers that there are several regular circuses in Birkeland ……”
After clearing his mind, Klein immediately cleared the plates, cleaned the knives and forks, and threw himself into the busy preparations.
Near noon, he put down his scissors, looked at the three cruder paper figures in front of him, sighed, and muttered in a small voice:
”This is probably the first time in my two lifetimes before and after that I’ve been so serious about doing handwork ……”
”Luckily, it’s just paper cutters, not window cuttings, not doing embroidery, having a human form is fine!”
”Hey, if not for the fact that my hands have become dexterous, I’m afraid I would have failed today ……”
–Klein had already tried out the ability with the extra paper man just now, confirming that there was no mistake.
After folding the paper figures and hiding them in a stack of sticky notes, Klein put them away and put them in his coat pocket.
”Commission? The ad I placed should be coming off the shelves soon ……” Klein, dressed in a shirt with a pencil neckline and a sweater made of thin, warm material, went to the door and took hold of the knob.
At the same time, an image of the visitor naturally came into his mind:
It was a man of nearly forty years of age, rather fat, who looked rather strained even as he stood there.
His eyes were squeezed small by the flesh of his face, his skin was rough but fair, he had a gentleman’s staff in his hand, and a very tall, very large bowler hat on his head.
Though October in Birkeland had been described as cold, sweat was visibly sliding down this man’s forehead.
He was accompanied by two attendants in bright red coats who were holding him up left and right.
Unrecognizable …… Klein muttered and opened the door without a reaction from his own inspiration.
”Good noon, it’s a hot day.” The obese middle-aged man took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
As he spoke, a cold wind blew through, causing the two waiters next to him to shiver a few times.
”Good noon, what can I do for you?” Klein asked politely.
”You’re Detective Sherlock Moriarty, aren’t you? I have something I’d like to commission.” The middle-aged man forced a smile, “I forgot to introduce myself, I’m Logo Carrowman, a jeweler.”
”Please come in.” Klein smiled and got out of the way.
With heavy footsteps, Logo Carrowman entered and sat down on his butt on the couch, causing the somewhat aged piece of furniture to groan in resistance.
”What is it exactly?” Klein pulled out a copper penny and skillfully let it tumble and spin around his fingertips.
Logo sighed:
”I’d like you to protect my boy until tomorrow afternoon, he’s messed with some crazy people.”
”Until tomorrow afternoon? You found a solution to that? Why don’t you call the police?” Klein asked, not speaking fast or slow.
Logo said after two seconds of silence:
”Atru has met a few bad friends and was led by them to do some bad things, well, not too serious, but the kind that would land him in jail, and I didn’t want to call the police if I didn’t really have any other options.”
”He recently had a falling out with those bad friends, and the whole thing just snapped and kept yelling that those guys were coming to kill him.”
”I was very worried, so, I got a security company to hire six senior security personnel to do peripheral vigilance, and then hired four private detectives to take turns following Atru, watching over him even when he sleeps.”
”But one of the detectives had a sudden family emergency and needed to return tomorrow afternoon, so I had to hire another one on a temporary basis.”
”I’m sorry, but I can only hire you for one day.”
”Well …… pay 10 pounds, if in danger, I will add extra, absolutely will make you satisfied.”
This way ah……1 ten pounds a day, equivalent to more than a week’s salary of Mr. Sommer next door …… Klein from the other party’s emotional color to initially confirm that he did not lie.
In the brief silence in the parlor, the copper penny he kept tumbling between his fingers leapt up suddenly and landed in his palm with a clank.
Klein glanced at it, flexed his five fingers, and smiled slightly:
”Deal.”